An Opportunity

Friday: Last night we met the base of Torrey Pines with a small group of riders. John, our weekly Ride Leader, coached us on some techniques to improve our hill climbing capabilities. We started with a warm up, then a climb in the drops, then standing and sitting every 30 seconds and then...the sun went down. When vehicles have a hard time seeing a cyclists it becomes a safety factor and a few of us still had to ride back to where our car was parked several miles away.

Early this morning I took the opportunity to run down to the XX1090 radio station in Sorrento Valley. I wanted to get some pictures of Scott and BR with the Stewart Surfboard we had made up before it was auctioned off next Monday night at our Sushi 4 CAF event. By the way, we have 100 people signed up to attend and have decided to extend it to 130. All our VIP tickets are sold out.

I was able to get a quick photo opportunity with Scott and BR. After I hung out for a good 20 minutes listening to them work their magic on the radio. You would think that it's more chaotic but in reality the flow is very smooth as they talk about sports, interview people and cover the advertising of their sponsors.

Scott brought me on air to talk about our event and BR upped the bidding to $700 on the surfboard. It's a center piece of our event but I think the Rolls Royce picnic for two will bring in top dollar.

One of the next segments was Pies for Guys. Steve, from Mario's New York Pizzeria brought in some beautiful pizzas which we all had a slice of. The BBQ Chicken was out of this world. We're going to put his fliers in our gift bags that each guest receives. The value of items in the bag is over $35.